NASA narrows Artemis III landing target list to nine NASA has released an updated list of nine potential landing spots near the lunar south pole for Artemis III – the mission that will hopefully see the first humans set foot on the Moon in over 50 years. A return to the Luna has been an ambition for decades, and the Artemis program was named in 2019 before a 2022 decision to …
If the Moon is a disc, how come you don't see the other side of the coin if it doesn't spin?
Lunar nutation (nodding) means that something like 4/7 of the lunar sphere (lunoid?) is visible from the Earth which leaves the flat mooners with an embarrassing 1/14 of a non existent sphere to explain.
Clearly all a joke but unfortunately there are a terrifyingly large number of mental defectives for whom this type of nonsense is in deadly earnest.
If I understand well, Artemis III is one – 1 – single mission to the Moon, with Artemis IV and V (and may-be VI) following, all using the spare RS-25 engines from the Space Shuttle program. That means 3 missions to the Moon, may-be 4. Nothing after that (well, Mars with Starship if you want to believe the hype)
Will they all land on the same lunar spot ?
What are the lunar plans of the NASA after Artemis VI ? Do they plan a permanent lunar base like the Chinese (and Russians and Indians) are projecting ? This article is short on information
yes, the subject is about Artemis landing spot, isn't it ? That's what made me ask the question :
Artemis IV [...] Will they all land on the same lunar spot ?
So, will they ? Or is the Artemis III landing-spot different from that of Artemis IV ? All Apollo missions landed on different spots, will Artemis do the same ? Landing always on the same spot means that some sort of Lunar base is being built, but if they land on different places then that means that the US has no long-term objective on the Moon and Artemis is simply an Apollo remake. That's a fundamental difference for the mission, so if you're clueless about Lunar exploration and your opinion is limited to what some youtuber is broadcasting, you can refrain from answering.
Perhaps a greater likelihood of my skiing on the slopes of Mons Olympus at the Club Méditerranée de Karen spatiale and in my designer Prada extravehicular mobility unit (space suit.)
Contemporary US politics cast a rather dark shadow over any American manned space exploration unless the likes of Bezos and Musk were prepared to take up the baton which is impossibly unlikely as apart from Space Karen's Martian (wet) dreams there is no obvious short term payoff for them.
Anyway there is never any snow on Mons Olympus. :)
There's still a whole lot of tests to be done on a new mission architecture that the first uncrewed missions should start with an easier target. The Apollo mission sites were chosen to be both interesting and the most accessible. The same is how sites are chosen for Mars missions. An ambitious mission that fails will put back the program for ages.
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